Laboratory Technician

UCL - Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children

About us

Our mission is to maximise and advocate for the holistic health of all children, young people and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America. The 2024-29 GOS ICH strategy focuses on its five scientific programmes. GOS ICH’s activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public. The Institute offers world-class education and training across a wide range of teaching and life learning programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health. GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award. Please only attach relevant documents to your application (qualifications, cover letters, supporting statements) and avoid attaching large files e.g. research papers, thesis, publications etc.

About the role

The main purpose of the job is to support the research of the WHO Pneumococcal Serology Reference Laboratory (WHO PSRL). The postholder will be supporting the ELISA team and performing high throughput ELISAs in the Vaccine Evaluation group, part of the Infection section at the Infection, Immunity and Inflammation department, in accordance to GCLP. Duties of the role are as follows; • Perform daily pneumococcal ELISAs and support the running of the assay according to Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP). • Work collaboratively with other members of the team. • Perform all processes according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). • Perform data analysis for reporting to trial sponsors in accordance with Good Documentation Practice. • Make reagents and manage stocks of consumables. • Perform monthly QA checks on equipment. • Be responsible for managing daily workload to ensure that testing deadlines are met. • Carry out any other duties within the scope and purpose of the job as requested by the Line Manager or Head of Department. This post is funded until 30/09/2026 in the first instance.

About you

The successful candidate will have a BSc (2:2 or above) in biomedical sciences or a relevant subject. They will also have significant ELISA experience in a GCP, GMP, GLP or ISO9001 accredited laboratory.

What we offer

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Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/ If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact Madhur Sharma on quoting job reference B02-09779.